ANDRE BRAUGHER TO GUEST STAR ON 'HOUSE': Emmy-winning actor booked for two-hour season premiere.

       The actor will play a doctor at the psychiatric facility that Dr. Greg House (Hugh Laurie) checked himself into at the end of last season. Braugher's character takes it as his challenge to get inside House's head.       

       "In thinking about who was going to diagnose the greatest diagnostician there is, I thought who would be better than someone with the authority, gravitas and great skill that Andre Braugher possesses?" the show's executive producer Katie Jacobs tells TV Guide.      

       Laurie, for his part, says he can't wait to work opposite Braugher. "I have admired him as one of the greatest actors there is," Laurie tells the magazine.      

       Series creator David Shore calls the premiere "more like a movie," and word is the episode will take place almost entirely inside the mental facility.     

       Braugher is set to star in TNT's series "Men of a Certain Age," which premieres in December.